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Gwangcheon Dong clan

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Kwangchon Tong clan
CountryKorea
Current regionHebei
FounderDong Seung Seon [ja]
Connected membersTaeyang

Kwangchon Tong clan (Korean광천 동씨; Hanja廣川 董氏) is one of the Korean clans. Their Bon-gwan was in Hebei, China. According to the research held in 2000, the number of the Kwangchon Tong clan was 4130. Their founder was Dong Seung Seon [ja] who was a 43rd descendant of Dong Zhongshu in Han dynasty. He was naturalized in Korea during Goryeo period and contributed to founding the kingdom of Korea.[1][2][3]

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  1. ^ Jin Guanglin [in Japanese] (2014). "A Comparison of the Korean and Japanese Approaches to Foreign Family Names" (PDF). Journal of Cultural Interaction in East Asia. 5: 21 – via Society for Cultural Interaction in East Asia.
  2. ^ Academy of Korean Studies 광천동씨 廣川董氏. Academy of Korean Studies.
  3. ^ 金相勲「韓国人の起源に関する中高生の意識と『国史』教科書との関係 Archived 2018-10-05 at the Wayback Machine」『Yamagata University 歴史・地理・人類学論集、第13号』2012、p45
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